Saturday, August 29, 2015

Bad Alpha: The Tour and Interviews

Bad Alpha features a select collection of stories with shifters so ruthless
they will stop at nothing to protect their pack. These aren't sugar-and-spice
heroes. Our alphas are feared, inked, and don’t ask questions first. They take
what they want, never give in to their enemies, and think love is for the
weak—until they meet their mate. Are you ready to learn how to tame a savage
heart?

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Bad Alpha: Manlove Edition features a select collection of stories with shifters so ruthless
they will stop at nothing to protect their pack. These aren't sugar-and-spice
heroes. Our alphas are feared, inked, and don’t ask questions first. They take
what they want, never give in to their enemies, and think love is for the
weak—until they meet their mate. Are you ready to learn how to tame a savage
heart?

The only
way to end the war and stop the bloodshed is to marry the enemy. Every fiber of
Roman wants to hate Victoria, but the more he sees, the more he craves her. Can
he fight their past demons to be with her?

Leonardo
has been the clan's alpha for 300 years. Ruling his people has always been his
one and only priority. Until he, along with his brother and sister, stop at a
broken down car near their home in the Flinders Ranges on the edge of Outback
Australia. The woman they rescue turns both Leo and, his brother, Valentino's
lives upside down. A mate was the last thing Leo wanted, and everything Val had
ever hoped for.

Felicia is
on the run. Again. Her baby's daddy broke her daughter's arm the last time he
caught up with them so she's desperate to stay ahead of him. But her car breaks
down and trouble finds her. A killer takes advantage of her failing vehicle and
she fears all is lost for her and her little girl, until another car stops and
she finds herself in a whole new world where she may just have found the future
she's always wanted but never dreamed she'd have.

Rachel
Jacobs is a wolf on a mission. To save her pack from destruction, she's turning
to the werewolf who nearly destroyed it once before. Arkady Gusev is everything
her father ever warned her against - so why does she find him so irresistible?

Arkady
Gusev isn't looking for a pack or a woman. But when Rachel walks through his
door, she throws down a challenge he can't resist. Is this exiled alpha about
to come home?

Being the
Alpha of a misfit clan of Dragons comes with its share of troubles. When the
supernatural Council comes to Drakon Blackwood with yet another false claim
against his clan he knows it’s time to make someone pay. Preferably with their
life.

Allegra Hanson
doesn’t work for the Council, and yet she’s been roped into assisting them in
their investigation into the Blackwood clan’s supposed activities. Against her
better judgment she goes to the clan’s lands to do what she can. What she never
planned on was her visceral reaction to the Alpha.

The
Blackwood clan land is valuable. Not for its location, but for what lies
beneath the earth’s surface. Many will do anything to get it, one will stop at
nothing, and is willing to kill Drakon’s woman to get it. Allegra is his, and
there’s no way Drakon will lose the most precious prize of all.

Streak
politics, and differences in opinions forced Kurt Owens to choose his own path.
While it may be outside of the law in many regards he sees it as ensuring
justice for the true victims of crimes when the system fails them. It’s his way
of seeing the guilty pay, and keeping his own inner beast in check with the
violence, and blood it craves.

Everyone
thinks having a super power would be great. Alexa Harold would beg to differ.
She’s been cursed to see ghosts, the dead not yet having gone to their final
resting place, or judgment, or wherever they belong. They track her down, and
harass her until she’s ready to go mad. Learning early in life what she needs
to avoid has been the only saving grace in keeping her sanity intact.

Then she
sees a man who couldn’t possibly be real. It was just her luck that such a prime
specimen would in fact be deceased. Only he isn’t, and he’s taking notice of
her. With a little temptation, some mystery, and a taunt he leaves her wanting
more.

Kurt never
thought he’d find his mate outside of the streak, or streak functions. While those
of a supernatural inclination aren’t exactly rare, they have had to be careful
and keep their population down. Alexa is the woman for him the only one he
could ever want or need. And when her life is put in danger by his own past
Kurt won’t stop until everyone understands to get to this tiger’s mate, they’ll
have to get through him.

The world
is changing. Vampires are coming out and they’re not remotely similar to the
sensual Hollywood portrait made of them. Little by little, Shifters are being
unmasked and integration is waning. Panic is spreading. The government is
losing control. Private agencies, such as SOA struggle to find a solution, but
as the darkness grows, can one even exist?

Ten years
ago, Daryl Jones lost his pack to a group of demon vampires. Since then, he not
only lost his will to battle for good, his life has become a spiral of
drinking, fighting and fucking anything in sight. In his opinion, a pretty
perfect existence. Until, he meets the new SOA representative sent to convince
him to go back to the lab. With mile long legs, a tight little ass and a smile
to kill for, when she offers him a bargain, how can he possibly refuse?

Silvia
Adams, has one mission: convince Daryl Jones to work for SOA again. The agency
needs him to get back into the lab and help develop a serum to neutralize the
growing number of vampires. She knew it wouldn’t be easy task, but with her job
on the line, she’ll do anything it takes, including, bargaining with the
shifter and surrendering to her deepest desires. Only problem is, she might
have bartered for more than she can handle.

Warrick
Keaton eludes a forced pairing with one of his kind. No one is going to choose
his mate for him, not when he wants nothing to do with being tied down to a
woman. He never expects fate to intervene in the form of a freezing, barely
alive female. With his independence in jeopardy, Warrick fights his inner
hawk's desire to stake a claim on her.

Clare Byron
longs to escape her domineering ex-husband, a jealous bear shifter determined to
keep her prisoner. She seizes the opportunity to run and lands in the arms of
another alpha—exactly what she doesn’t want or need.

For
Warrick, Clare is everything he's ever wanted in a mate and all that he's run
from.

For Clare,
Warrick is freedom in a way she never dreamed possible—the one man who will own
her heart yet give her wings to fly.

Dax is overwhelmed by desire when he catches the white fox trespassing
on his land, and that totally pisses him off. He refuses to mate, no matter how
much the fox inside him wants it, Dax definitely does not.

Opal is instantly enamored with the menacing black fox, but isn’t
surprised when he chases her away—no one ever wants her, the freak-of-nature
albino.

When theft and violence bring them together again, will they give in to
passion, or will their hang-ups force them apart?

Taryne
Michael is all her younger brother Travys has ever had for stability. When
fifteen-year-old Trav doesn’t come home after he fights with her she spends the
next week searching for him. He finally comes home he’s not the same boy who
slammed the door the night he left. Something is very wrong and when she
discovers he’s been transformed into a werewolf she’s at a loss as to what to
do. The violent, angry boy isn’t the little brother she knows how to deal with.
Teenage hormones are nothing compared to the animalistic young man emerging
from the boy she’d raised.

Ax Greyson
is a lone wolf, an alpha without a pack. He enforces laws non-shifters don’t
know about. Celo Valley, is a place where two species co-reside. The werewolves
keep the humans blind to their existence by being careful. Someone isn’t
following the rules. Someone is killing, with no regard for secrets. When
killing the woman seems like the only way to keep his people’s secret until
Ax’s instincts find another way.

When Victorian solicitor Arthur
Finter is forced to cut down dangerous
London alley after work, he stumbles upon pit bull shifter Alpha Gunner Jones
in the middle of a dogfight with a rival shifter pack. The hardnosed bully boy
scents Arthur and recognizes him as his mate, but will events orchestrated by
the other pack separate them before Gunner can lay final claim?

“The Alpha’s Assassin”
by Doris O’Connor

Bear shifter Zayden Reid makes his
living doing what he does best—killing people.
The sought after assassin doesn’t have to think twice when he’s offered
a lot of money to kill the Alpha of a wolf pack, until he scents his mate.

As the Alpha of his pack Quinton
Thorn is used to giving orders. He may be gay, but that doesn’t mean he’s weak,
and he’ll squash any challenge to his leadership with ruthless efficiency. When
the threat comes from a source he trusts, however, can he afford to give into
his feelings for his mate, knowing that he’ll endanger everyone under his
protection?

The mating bond cannot be denied, no
matter what the consequences, and they might well kill.

“Discarded Pup” by
Angelique Voisen

Betrayed by his beta and abandoned by
his pack, Cole Reyes wasted the last ten years of his life rotting behind bars.
A cage is no place for a wolf, and wounds left open, fester. Cole has zero
tolerance for mercy. The time Cole spent
in prison didn’t just bleed out all the decency he once possessed. It broke him. Made him hard and unforgiving.
Cole’s vengeance starts now, beginning with his beta’s new toy.

“Yellow Eyes” by Gale
Stanley

The brutal war between shifters and
humans is over, but each side still sees the other as a threat. The only thing
they can agree on, is that they can’t agree. Humans live east of the bridge,
shifters live west. Camden is a halfbreed, the product of a rape that happened
during the war. Neither side wants him, but he lives with his human mother. The
night she dies, Camden goes west looking for revenge. He knows he won’t find
his father, and he’ll probably get himself killed, but he doesn’t care. As long
as he takes a shifter with him, he’ll die happy.

Wyat is alpha of the pack living in
the west. He’s a warrior who believes in separation of the races. Then on the
night of the full moon, he discovers a half-breed hiding in the alley. The
man’s scent makes him burn with lust, and against his better judgement, he
takes him home—and discovers that sleeping with the enemy might just lead to a
better future.

“Destined” by L.D.
Blakeley

Caleb Stokes has had a shit night.
Too bad catching his boyfriend in flagrante delicto with the club DJ isn't the
worst thing he’ll witness before the night is through. Marick Gevrees has no
time for romance. He has even less time for a tipsy twink looking for a man to
fill some Daddy fetish. But what the hell is he supposed to do when said twink
wanders headlong into the middle of a bloody vendetta that could result in the
exposure of his clan?

“Trouble” by James Cox

Tremarc is sleeping his way through
the entire Bear Shifter Clan. He’s sent to the moon, under the colonized dome
to stay out of trouble. When he meets sexy alpha Lyon and his mated human,
Quinn his life takes a sharp turn that may just find him his happy ending or
get him kicked out of yet another bear shifter clan.

“Outlaw Wolf” by
Elizabeth Monvey

Dekker ran away from his pack in an order to
protect his lover and Alpha, Grey, when he overheard two higher ranked wolves
talk about killing him.

When Grey finds him six months later,
Dekker tries to convince the man he loves to go away. But Grey won’t take no
and as the two talk it out, their mutual attraction overwhelms them.

In desperation, Dekker renounces Grey
as his Alpha. But when another force tries to punish Dekker by silencing him
forever, Grey must choose which stand he’ll take…being the alpha for all his
pack, or being the man Dekker needs, even if it means breaking the rules.

Thank you to all the authors who made up these amazing anthologies. Both have been listed in USA Today as reads worth reading-something to be very proud of! Join me as we talk with some of the authors on their inspirations and writing habits. And maybe, just maybe, we'll catch a glimpse of their characters shining from their eyes.

Must read! 5 stars!

Author Doris O’Connor

1.What do you love about alpha males?

The single minded purpose with which they go after what they
want, especially when they’re shifters and sense their mate. *happy sigh*

2.What makes a perfect mate in your opinion?

Someone who loves you unconditionally, quirks and all. He’s
your best friend, has a great sense of humor, and you couldn’t imagine your
life without him.

3.Name your favorite place for a getaway after a
day of writing.

A long dog walk with hubby.

4.Sushi or burgers?

Burgers *turns green at the mere mention of Sushi*

5.Plotter or pantster?

Pantster, through and through. I never know what’s going to
happen, and I’ve long since learned to listen to my characters. They are always
right!

Author Amber Morgan

1. What do you love about alpha males?

I like their strength of will – whatever the goal is, they go
for it 100%, and that intensity is sexy to me! A man who will fight for what he
wants is a man I feel I can put my trust in.

2. What makes a perfect mate in your opinion?

Someone you have that mental synchronicity with – you might
have different tastes and opinions, but on the fundamental things that matter,
you are in perfect harmony!

3. Name your favorite place for a getaway after a day of
writing.

A nice hot bath with scented bubble bath and a good book is
the ideal for me.

4. Sushi or burgers?

Sushi!

5. Plotter or pantster?

Pantster – I usually know how my stories will start and end,
but everything in between is a surprise for me, and that's how I like it.

Author Moira Callahan

1. What do you love about alpha males? They
know what they want, and they won’t stop until they get it.

2. What makes a perfect mate in your opinion? Someone who has a strong sense of who they
are, are well read, must have a sense of humor, and absolutely must understand sarcasm. And if they can
cook all the better.

3. Name your favorite place for a getaway after a day of
writing. Out on my balcony with a beverage, and a book by one of my favorite authors.

4. Sushi or burgers? Both, but I will admit to a serious love of
red meat.

5. Plotter or pantster?
A little of both. I usually plot
to a point, but if my characters throw me a curveball I’m usually willing to
play it out to see where it might lead. Some of my best twists have come from
going blindly along with my characters insanity.

Author Nicola Cameron

1. What do you love about alpha males?

The air of assuredness without being an asshole. A gentle alpha
male knows he’s in control and doesn’t have to flap about making sure that
everyone else knows – if they don’t, they’ll figure it out soon enough. And if
they still don’t know, he doesn’t really care. He’s very secure in himself,
which is incredibly sexy.

2. What makes a perfect mate in your opinion?

The ability to make you laugh. There’s only so much sex you
can have in a day, a job can be lost when an employer decides to shift
positions overseas, and everyone gets wrinkly in the end. But if you can sit
there and laugh like a drain while your mate channels (in my husband’s case)
John Cleese, you know you’ve got a keeper.

3. Name your favorite place for a getaway after a day of
writing.

The movies, usually. It’s nice to be able to turn off the
writer brain and just enjoy someone else’s work for a change.

4. Sushi or burgers?

Ooh, make it difficult for me. It really depends on how I’m
feeling at the moment – sometimes I will cheerfully climb over people to get to
a good crab roll, and other times all I want is a Whataburger.

5. Plotter or pantster?

I started off as a pantster, but as I get more and more into
novels and novel series I find that I have to be a plotter because something
that happens in Act One will have a major effect in Act Three (or Book One in
Book Three). The nice thing about working the plot out beforehand is that you
know you don’t have to stick to it if you don’t want to – it’s a guideline, not
a tram track. And it makes writing the synopsis much, much easier when it comes
time to submit the book.